Show reverence and respect to God

THE EDITOR: Newsday, I love you, I understand your absolute delight at a West Indies win against Australia and their record breaking score, of so many runs to win in the final innings, of 125 years of Test cricket.

But “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain for he shalt not hold them guiltless who taketh His name in vain.” “By Golly, We Win” or “Oh Gosh, We Win” would have been quite appropriate. Imagine the firestorm of protest if your headline screamed “Oh Lord Rama” or “Oh Lord Shiva” or “Oh The Holy Prophet Muhammed (upon whom be peace) We Win”. Why is our Lord God seen as an easy mark? I want the same reverence and respect shown to my God as is demanded by every other religion. Every creed and race demand an equal place.

JACK LEARMOND-CRIQUI
New Yalta
Diego Martin